yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] naruto_kun:
Hi everybody,

i have just received my Galaxy Grand yesterday and tried to root it but in vain.

i tried both CWM made by Chotu222 but with no sucess.

My device is i9082L

Build number: JZ054K.I9082LUBAMA8

Baseband version I9082LUBAMA6

need your help.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] coolpartha:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Ya i undrstand bro...it sms superb!!pls inform us sum of the features...and BEST OF LUCK!!!:):cool:;)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] ash5618:
i get 3900 widout root :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Peppo:
Hello,

its seems that we can use DirectoryBind to move data to external sd card.

I've tested it for about 1 hour with copilot maps @external sd card and it works fine....

Here is the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1410262

it's important to set in Directory Bind preferences the "Alternate dbase mgmt" switch to ON, otherwise mounting will not work after restart.

Directory Bind needs root.......

regards Peppo
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] me_salman148:
Thanks a lot

Thanks chotu.... :)

I'm new to android and Recently got Galaxy Grand I9082 and ROOT also thanks to u.

My current firmware is

PDA: I9082XXAMA9

CSC: I9082OJVALL5

Version: 4.1.2

And latest firmware is

PDA: I9082XXAMB3

CSC: I9082ODDMB2

Version: 4.1.2

So I'm planning to upgrade it to latest 1.. but I'm concerned about the ROOT,

can i ROOT my phone if i upgrade it.

Please help me out.

And thanks too.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] naruto_kun:
Hi guys,

i managed to get my i9082L rooted thanks to Chotu222 first and then to DangeloGH.

the point is not to let it reboot after ODIN PASS !! and remove the battery, then put it back and boot using vol up + power + home at the same time.

Chotu222

Maybe you can update the initial post of the thread with this special instruction for i9082L owners.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shobhitk:
Hi everyone,

i am STUCK! i have tried everything posted on OP. the CWM recovery gets flashed smoothly every time, 3 times to be exact. but each time i go into recovery it takes me to the stock recovery 3e :(

i then tried to flash the new CWM recovery which chotu posted today but ODIN only keeps on waiting for long time and then says failed.

2 days back i had updated my i9082 to the latest stock firmware. as people here had confirmed that chotu's method is still working i thought to give it a try. but no luck:crying:

any way out guys?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] naruto_kun:
Try with removing battery after ODIN PASS but before the device reboots.

and for the right CWM, use the one in the first post.

---------- Post added at 09:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:12 PM ----------

hi guys,

can someone send me the build.prop original file.

i made some amendments to the resolution there and now can get it to boot.

---------- Post added at 09:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 PM ----------

hi guys,

can someone send me the build.prop original file.

i made some amendments to the resolution there and now can get it to boot.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] khanem:
Strange. I tried to flash the new recovery but always end up with a failed flash. At shobhitk, your not the only one. I guess something wrong with the file that chotu222 posted.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] naruto_kun:
don't use the last CWM, use the one in the first post.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] khanem:
The first file work with old firmware. That's why chotu222 released a new one. I just want to root in order to remove the annoying ads:(.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] joaomrocha:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

hello! I managed to install CWM and SperSU, however after reboot back to normal, but the SuperSU still installed, however I can not move apps to the SD. GT-I9082L.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] codekidX:
firmware version?

Instead of keeping compaining why don't you say the firmware version and what you did !

I would have not made this thread if my file isin't working ....i too got i9082

use GL 2 sd it will be in play store ...or use dictionary bind ,search in google for it

BTW : i am now more focusing on how to reset the bin counter ! So ROM comes a little later
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shobhitk:
@chotu222

Model: I9082

Build: JZ054K.I9082XXAMB3

followed the method exactly as stated in OP.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] n3only:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Is Samsung keeping binary count for I9082. If Yes, then waht is solution for that?

As I have used old cwm to root the phone and now I have to update the phone to new update. So I have to again unroot the phone and then again root the phone with new cwm.

Sent from my GT-I9082
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Chotu222,

There does seem to be some issue with the new CWM recovery you posted...I have had the same experience (like earlier two posts).

If you want to know what I did,

I flashed the latest firmware MB3 md5 file via Odin 3.07 from PDA button).

Flashing was perfect and the new firmware got installed.

Rebooted into Odin mode again, this time from PDA button selected the new recovery md5 file.

Md5 check was ok, But while flashing, nothing gets downloaded to phone (no blue progress bar on the phone). Odin's progress bar remains static at about 10%, forever.

Eventually after waiting for nearly 10 mins (did this twice) I close Odin, and unplug phone & power off & on.

Phone starts normally. Nothing broken (because nothing was flashed).

I did not try the old CWM recovery yet, as it was too late last night.

So , Chotu222, I believe the new CWM recovery had some issue.

Thank you for your great work :)

EDIT (10:11 AM, 7 March 2013) :

I just flashed the older CWM recovery.

It worked.

I rebooted into CWM recovery & flashed latest SU (1.25 now).

I got root access.

I rebooted into CWM recovery to check. CWM is still there. It was still there.

Chotu222, I agree that resetting the binary count is top priority now... more important that custom ROM.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] jetvis37:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Thanks chotu222....eagerly waiting for binary count....keep it up...thanx for your hard work...:)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shahid9695:
is there ny new CWM recovery file for latest firmware??
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

use the file in the O.P
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shahid9695:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

can u plz give d link!!..thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Mandar25:
HI,

I have successfully rooted my GALAXY grand duos. whenever i go to reboot into recovery mode, i come to stock recovery after reboot. Every time i need to install CWM and then using a battery trick, i go to CWM recovery. Is there any solution on this to go to CWM recovery directly without installing PDA again and again.

Please help!

Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] k2wl:
@Mandar25

try following

1. install ubuntu 10.04 in virtual box or cygwin should be sufficient

2.download

latest indian firmware from sammobile.com/firmware

(if u already hav this then ignore )

u can download on ur windows pc and then share it to ur virtual box linux.

3.rename it to tar.(right click and get rename)

4.extract with archiever. right click on tar and select extract here(default in most linux) i name the folder i9082

5.delete stock recovery.img

6.place chotu's recovery.img in that folder

7.go to the folder i9082. select all files . right click and select compress . select tar as a file type. click ok so now u have i9082.tar file

8.run these commands in terminal (open terminal in i9082.tar containing folder)

$md5sum -t i9082.tar >> i9082.tar

$mv i9082.tar i9082.tar.md5

now u have i9082tar.md5 with cwm recovery.

flash through odin3 3.04

after reboot...say no to untrusted package installation.

ok
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] khanem:
Well i didn't mean to complain. I was just reporting the issue. Anyway i successfully rooted my device with the first CWM (O.P) and everything is ok. Big thanks to chotu222 for his efforts.:good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] coolpartha:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Guys...look what I'hv found 4u...lots of cool Transitioe efcts..

I hv personally testd them in my Grand...ths r WORTH TRYING....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1607038
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] SRISRIANDROID:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Hi,

Iam having galaxy grand indian version build number JZ054K.I9082XXAMB3.

Iam trying to root as by OP (chotu) ..but I can not go into CWM recovery. All is showing same as in video..it is showing 'pass' in odin aswell but I get only stock recovery. .. is there any clue?

Thanks and regards.

Sri.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] coolpartha:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

set the animation scale to 1x for best results
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] thisnthatman:
Hi Guys,

Just upgraded to the latest Indian firmware released Friday Feb 15th,

PDA is; I9082XXAMB3

CSC is; I9082ODDMB2

I tried to install the latest CWM recovery by chotu222 but it wouldn't work,

I tried the original CWM recovery by chotu222 and it worked perfectly first time.

Its now rooted with zero issues.

I froze all the app's I stated (A few pages back) and the phone is running super smooth and fast with an idle RAM usage of 280 - 300MB.

Its got a score of 3961 in the Quadrant test.

It has increased my binary count (Which really doesn't bother me) and NO yellow triangle.

Very Happy :D

Thanks chotu222 :good:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] SRISRIANDROID:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

What about your micromax a110? I sold out mine .lol. bought this gaandu duos. Lol.

---------- Post added at 05:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:34 PM ----------

Could you please give the link for 1st cwm recovery. .

Edit: battery pull before reboot worked for me.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] k2wl:
so i did a little experiment today....

i flash latest india firmware through odin

got stock rom with stock recovery

then reflash custom made rom with chotu's recovery i9082.tar.md5

and now i had cwm with root with latest firmware.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Isn't that the only way to do it ? That's how I did it.

I don't think there is any other way....

I wonder how people are getting varying results in the same hardware, and same files ! :confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] coolpartha:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

I hv sold it...how much did u get???
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] thisnthatman:
Its on the first page of this thread "Step 2"
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] akshay0078:
i rooted my phone before it gets the latest update as being said above..now what can i do ?? can i update manually with odin..over the root?? will it work ?? or do i have to flash the custom rom..then update it OTA..then again rooot it by the same way as i did before???

If i have to flash custom rom again...then where can i get the file and how to flash ??

Please help...it would be better if somebody is able to manually software update..!!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] thisnthatman:
Questions answered above but it would be better to install the latest India firmware (from sammobile link above) then install the CWM from the first page of this thread, then install SuperSU.zip from CWM recovery.

Read the instruction from chotu222 on the first page, everything is clearly explained and works fine.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] badboyofpersia:
Guys pleaseeeeeeeeeee answer these doubts.....

1. Ok so i downloaded latest firmware and flashed it with odin on my grand. The bin count is increasing. And it gets rooted fine.... No issues.

But inspite of installing link2sd my games are still occupying my phone memory. What did i do wrong?

And how to move everything to Memory card? Any way apart from Link2sd?

2. Anyways to root without CWM (I want my device statust to be OFFICIAL and not CUSTOM)

3. I bought a 16gb memory card. Now when i copy paste a game sd files in the SD card it does not work but when i copy it in the phone memory the game works. Why so?

4. How to partition Memory card (16gb) using CWM? It shows partition option, i selected 2014mb later it showed me something like 0mb 32mb 64mb? Which to select? And which extension to choose in link2sd (fat32? exe32? or any other?)

:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Yes, as a rule, always look for links and user guides on the O.P. of a thread.

---------- Post added at 08:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ----------

1 .don't know about link 2 sd. I'm using GL 2 SD. Search for discussion in this thread.

2. Not a chance. Triangle away app is designed to do this, but does not support our device right now.

3. Guess the game developers programmed the game to look for its data in internal storage. So why will it look in external storage? Programs like link 2 SD 'fool' the phone into thinking the data is internal storage, when in fact it is external. For this to work strictly follow the instructions posted by the apps developer.

4. No idea. AFAIK, link 2 SD clearly mentions that you have to remove the card and use a card reader connected to your pc for positioning.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] badboyofpersia:
ok thnx for replyinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :victory::victory::victory:

so the best app for sendin data to external card is gl2sd? so u mean jst flash the firmware again, root and install gl2sd and thats it? nothin else to do?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

For the record the correct name is GLtoSD, if you want to search play store.

I can't say if it is the best.

It's just what I use, and I'm ok with it.

It also seems the easiest to use.

Search for GL2SD or GLtoSD in this thread there is quite a number of posts and screenshots that may help you with it.

Yes, basically you just install the app on a rooted device...no need to partition or anything.

But I'm gonna give link 2 SD a shot too on a clean SD card.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] SRISRIANDROID:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

8k. N how about you?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] speedy_samy:
plz answer dis simple Q? if anyone know abt it 100 % sure.....

i have upgraded my grand to I9082XXAMB3 , now if i want to go back to the previous firmware i.e can i downgrade my grand which was preinstalled wen i took my grand I9082XXAMAA...

reason for downgrading ... the camera app is showing some lag... that is wen u take a pic of any thing from very close the screen becomes dark after takeing this happens wen u take pic with flash on otherwise its okk ... i noticed this lag after i upgraded to new firmware.. my one friend is also experiencing the same issue ... plzz help me and answer my Q? if u are 10000% sure abt it :confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] ralamuri:
Problems in Rooting

Hi & Hello,

I had followed exactly the same procedure/process steps mentioned in this thread for rooting my samsung galaxy grand gt-i9082 device.

Here, "CWM-touch_i9082_chotu.tar.md5" recovery has installed successfully, as I see in the screen shot of Odin, please see attached.

Now I copied "UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.25.zip" on external sd card and rebooted

However, when I rebooted the device into recovery mode, i did not get into touch recovery option.

Even from here when selecting apply update from SD card did not work either.

(Attached)

Please suggest did i miss anything and help me on this.

Best Regards.

Raghu.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] adityaf:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Lol u buyed ganduu lol then join ganduss fb page
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] k2wl:
yes u can downgrade ur firmware through odin3 3.04

here is the procedure

1. download the I9082XXAMAA firmware from sammobile.com/firmwares page (search i9082 in search box)

2. dwonload odin3 3.04 attatched to original post of this thread

3.attach ur i9082 aka grand to pc

4. extract the zip u downloaded

5.install all necessary drivers (see original post of this thread)

6.open odin3

7. u see com port attached sign in odin if all is ok

8. select the tar.md5 file (around 700 to 800 mb) u extracted by clicking on pda tab

9. make sure reset time and autoreboot is selected

10 click start wait for about 4 min to finish. after it says pass. phone will reboot with ur old firmware
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] naruto_kun:
HI guys

i need the original build.prop file.

can someone extract it using root browser and send it to me.

i changed the resolution in my phone and when i wanted to restore the default value it didn't succeed to get the original resolution
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] k2wl:
original build.prop

here is ur original build.prop attached to this post.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] k2wl:
try to replace ur data cable, change usb port to which datacable is attached.

uninstall and reinstall the drivers

factory reset the phone before u flash the recovery.

which firmware version u are using???
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] SRISRIANDROID:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Ha ha ha... sure.

---------- Post added at 07:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 AM ----------

I had the same problem. Try battery pull after the odin recovery but before phone reboot.

It works like a charm.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] coolpartha:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

7k...did u face any prb?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] ralamuri:
As already mentioned above recovery installion through ODIN has been successful, please see my topic above, however when i reboot into recovery mode i'm not getting into CWM t.ouch recovery mode.

The Oding showed successful intsllation of "CWM-touch_i9082_chotu.tar.md5".

But i could not trace, whn the phone is not booting into CWM recovery mode.

Any suggestions/help on this is appreciated.

Thanks

Raghu.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shobhitk:
a new day, a new hurdle!

as mentioned earlier in this thread, i followed the battery removal trick right after successful odin flashing of chotu's CWM_touch. i was able to log in to CWM touch from where i successfully installed latest SU....root checker confirms that i have root access...BUT....BUT...

when i connect to the internet through WIFI each and every application works smoothly over wifi EXCEPT Google Play Store! :eek: whenever i try to launch play store it keeps saying 'No Connection - RETRY'. i have clicked RETRY atleast 100 times but to no use....this is very sad guys...after having root access i am completely cut off from apps available on google play store :(

someone pls help.

and Thanks to chotu's hard work and for all the pains he has taken in entertaining all our queries.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] SRISRIANDROID:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

No problem. But it doesn't have magnetic sensor.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] ralamuri:
Hi,

Battery removal trick? how can i make this successful to me, after successful flashing, the device is automatically rebooting, this may be because of "Auto reboot" selected in ODIN, I can see a green bar displaying Pass in Odin, the device automatically rebooted.

Then I powered off device, removed battery and put back in, when i boot into recovery mode, the device still enters into samsung recovery mode but not into CWM touch recovery mode.

I'm sorry if i could not sense it properly, but could some one elobrate " Try battery pull after the odin recovery but before phone reboot "

How can i make this happen as after i flash successfully, the device automatically reboots.

Please help me and put me in right direction.

Thanks

Raghu.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] jetvis37:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Just don't let it reboot...remove battery just after Odin says pass...n after that enter into recovery mode..
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

I still fail to understand why different devices behave distantly in spite of having sane hardware and same files !:confused:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shobhitk:
how true! even i have been thinking about it since the beginning.

---------- Post added at 10:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 AM ----------

just when odin goes GREEN and says PASS...and below as it mentions everything is completed....at that moment u have to pull off the battery before the phone reboots of its own. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL that you should only do so once odin confirms that the process has fully completed...else u might gift yourself a very expensive paper weight !
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] ralamuri:
Hi,

Thanks guys..for Battery removal trick..worked for me..just checked my' device, and got root access granted..

Now could you help me how do i uninstall bloatware..like flipboard..samsung chat i not gonna use that etc..i do see uninstall option as for other apps..

Please guide me on this.

Thanks

Raghu.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

use titanium backup from play store to uninstall system installed apps.

Be careful which apps you remove.

If you have a doubt, first freeze that app to check for bad side effects. Uninstall it Later if all's ok.

Go back in this thread for posts on safe apps to remove.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] bsdandekar:
Unable to Root My Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos i9082

Hi

I am from India & just purchased Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 few days before. I also updated my phone by the official update given by Samsung. When I tried to root my phone by the method mentioned & tried to go to the Downloading mode I found the following options instead of the option mentioned in the above post. The options are

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

apply update from cache

Now what should I do, because when I tried to use odin it doesn't reflected, but when I tried to use the odin when the phone was running it showed Com 3 so I tried to use CMW touch but was failed to write

So WHAT SHOULD I DO?

PLEASE HELP

Model NO GT-I9082

Android version 4.1.2

Baseband version I9082XXAMA9

Kernel version 3.0.31- 784570

se.infra@SEP-98#1

SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 15 18:11:34 KST

2013

Build No. JZ04K.I9082XXAMB3
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] roycejp:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Read few posts up For 'battery pull' trick.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] dhofar:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

With the updated rom that you have you can only root and nandroide your system for once .next reboot cwm would be gone ,but the root would be there or instal a complete rom and follow the regular instructions and cwm would exist for ever! For me I took the first shot and it's enough for the time being
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] skullface:
Re: [GUIDE/ROOT/CWM-TOUCH] Samsung galaxy grand Duos GT-i9082

Hi..I guess you didnt do the steps correctly.

You entered stock android recovery instead of downloading mode.

Make sure u hit 'volume ''DOWN''+home+power'' buttons to enter downloading mode.

You seem to have pressed volume "UP"+Home+power buttons.

Take care---> vol down for download mode

Vol up----> recovery

Sent from my GT-I9082
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] speedy_samy:
Thanx 4 ur reply.... bt r u sure that downgrading in grand will not kill grand????? Or have u downgraded grand b4